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CYPHER/CAT.A.
HONG KONG
TELNO.690
CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
1 SEPTEMBER, 1969
YOUR TELEGRAM 580 : TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR INTERIM RE-CONFIRMATION OF OUR EXISTING POLICY ON
M.M.F. TEXTILES AND HOPE THAT WE CAN RESUME TALKS WITH CANADIANS
WITHOUT DELAY.
2. I AM GRATEFUL ALSO FOR YOUR FIRST THREE PARAGRAPHS DEALING WITH
THE CONDUCT OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE RELATIONS. I REALISE HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS TO DEFINE SUCH MATTERS IN THE SHORT TIME AVAILABLE
AND I THINK THE STATEMENT CAN HOLD THE POSITION WITH EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL AND THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT FROM
MY POINT OF VIEW, AS WELL AS PROBABLY FROM THEIRS, I SHALL HAVE TO
ASK FOR FURTHER ELUCIDATION AND ELABORATION, PARTICULARLY IN
CONNECTION WITH THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND THE
SOURCE OF, AND CHANNELS OF, AUTHORITY. I WILL TELEGRAPH AGAIN WHEN I
HAVE HAD TIME TO GIVE THE MATTER MORE THOUGHT.
SIR D. TRENCH
LAST
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
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RECEIVED IN
CONFIDENTIAL
REGISTRY No.51
-2G 1969
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